diff --git a/tasks/gem.rake b/tasks/gem.rake
index 3b4069195..2ebe915f5 100644
--- a/tasks/gem.rake
+++ b/tasks/gem.rake
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ namespace :gem do
     s.rdoc_options.concat ['--main',  'README.md']
 
     # Dependencies used in the main library
-    s.add_runtime_dependency('signet', '~> 0.3.1')
-    s.add_runtime_dependency('addressable', '~> 2.2.3')
-    s.add_runtime_dependency('autoparse', '~> 0.2.0')
+    s.add_runtime_dependency('signet', '>= 0.3.1')
+    s.add_runtime_dependency('addressable', '>= 2.2.3')
+    s.add_runtime_dependency('autoparse', '>= 0.3.0')
     s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday', '~> 0.7.0')
     s.add_runtime_dependency('multi_json', '>= 1.0.0')
     s.add_runtime_dependency('extlib', '>= 0.9.15')